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From the jaws of death : extreme true adventures of man vs. nature / edited by Brogan Steele.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 392 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0312555660
  • 9780312555665
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Contents:
Adrift on the Pacific / Owen Chase -- Shipwrecked off the African coast / James Riley -- The boat journey / Ernest Shackleton -- Alone on the Pacific / John Caldwell -- Settling in for survival / Maurice Bailey and Maralyn Bailey -- A family against the ocean / Dougal Robertson -- Surviving the St. Patrick / Spike Walker -- Rescue on Sitka Sound / Spike Walker -- Escape from the top of the world / Fridtjof Nansen-- Adrift on an ice-pan / Wilfred Grenfell -- Look for a corpse / Larry Kaniut -- How it feels to be crushed in an ice crevasse / Michelle Hamer -- Marooned in Florida / Pierre Viaud, translated by Robin F.A. Fabel -- Escape from the Blackfeet / Thomas James -- Snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains / Virginia Reed Murphy -- Trial by balloon / Maria Bovsun and Allan Zullo -- The Sierra survivor / Maria Bovsun and Allan Zullo -- I'm on my way to San José / Yossi Ghinsberg -- The Devil's Thumb / Jon Krakauer -- Nearly too late / Larry Kaniut -- Alone at the summit / Stephen Venables -- Miracle man / Larry Kaniut -- Mistakes can kill / Larry Kaniut.
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A harrowing collection of true tales of death and survival under the most extreme conditions imaginable

There comes a time in some men's lives when their physical and emotional states are pushed to the limit. Maybe their boat has capsized and they are adrift in the ocean, or maybe they've fallen into an ice crevasse, with no apparent way out. It is in these moments men discover what they are truly made of and whether they have the courage and physical strength to come back From the Jaws of Death .

This explosive collection showcases twenty-three stories of adventure gone horribly wrong, including:

--"The Devil's Thumb" by Jon Krakauer: the bestselling author recounts his perilous solo climb of Alaska's infamous Devil's Thumb
--"Surviving the St. Patrick " by Spike Walker: the crew of a fishing boat face crushing waves in the middle of a winter storm in the Gulf of Alaska
--"Look for a Corpse" by Larry Kaniut: a man buried by an avalanche fights to make it out alive
--"The Boat Journey" by Sir Ernest Shackleton: when his expedition's ship is destroyed, Shackleton and five of his crewmembers resolve to cross 800 ocean miles in a lifeboat to look for help
--And many more!

This is one of the finest and most extreme collections of true adventure ever assembled.

Adrift on the Pacific / Owen Chase -- Shipwrecked off the African coast / James Riley -- The boat journey / Ernest Shackleton -- Alone on the Pacific / John Caldwell -- Settling in for survival / Maurice Bailey and Maralyn Bailey -- A family against the ocean / Dougal Robertson -- Surviving the St. Patrick / Spike Walker -- Rescue on Sitka Sound / Spike Walker -- Escape from the top of the world / Fridtjof Nansen-- Adrift on an ice-pan / Wilfred Grenfell -- Look for a corpse / Larry Kaniut -- How it feels to be crushed in an ice crevasse / Michelle Hamer -- Marooned in Florida / Pierre Viaud, translated by Robin F.A. Fabel -- Escape from the Blackfeet / Thomas James -- Snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains / Virginia Reed Murphy -- Trial by balloon / Maria Bovsun and Allan Zullo -- The Sierra survivor / Maria Bovsun and Allan Zullo -- I'm on my way to San José / Yossi Ghinsberg -- The Devil's Thumb / Jon Krakauer -- Nearly too late / Larry Kaniut -- Alone at the summit / Stephen Venables -- Miracle man / Larry Kaniut -- Mistakes can kill / Larry Kaniut.

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